In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Silence
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!
-Mehmet Murat Ildan
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.
-Steve Maraboli
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
-Norman Maclean
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories"
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
